Friday, December 31, 2010

Is it just me, or is the end of a year always tinged with a smidgeon of melancholy? I always find it to be a funny old time. 2010 has proven itself to be a little on the tricky side for this Myrtleandeunice. There’s been a bit of standing in grown-up shoes to be done. There’s a waft or two of regret and sadness. Overwhelmingly, though, I am mindful that it has been a year blessed with great fortune: family, love, health.

I’ve been sitting indulgently at the computer, doing an inventory of the stuff I made this year. That’s one truckload of crafty therapy. I am delighted to reflect on quite some making of mischief, winging-it moments, mistakes and twenty bazillion learning curves.

Above all, there’s a tonne of heart and soul thrown in to all this lot. I look at each and every image and there’s an attached recollection surrounding a happening or a holiday or a celebration or an I-remember-where-I-was-stitching-that! All of this making represents little spring boards for memories of ordinary and not-so ordinary moments that have filled this year and make up another 365 days of a life lived.

I reckon I’m ready now. For a 2011 packed with inevitable ups and downs and roundabouts and loved ones and joys and hopes and tears and, well, living. Wishing the happiest of New Years to you, lovely peeps. May it be filled with all of your nicest dreams.

I’m off to play with my family and bask in the summer. I’ll see you on the flip side. Let’s see if we can’t get a little 2011 crafty mischief happening, eh?

51 comments:

I think I face the end of the year with a touch of resignation- the same way I approach my birthdays these days. "Well, another year gone. Where the heck did that go?"What an amazing collection of craftiness you have presented there.Crafting in 2011? Bring it on, baby! Happy Hew Year, lovie!

I totally agree about the tinge of melancholy at the end of each year, and I dunno, it seems more pronounced this year to me. 2010 wasn't a great year for a lot of people. Maybe that has something to do with it. Mine was pretty difficult but also some really special and wonderfuls things happened. Like meeting you, was pretty darn superI'm loving this post and also revisiting all the wonderfulcreations of M&E from the year.SO as I realise the length of this comment already, I say HAPPY NEW YEAR gorgeous!! And hope 2011 is a real corker for you xo

wow, I can't believe you fit so much in! It's a big call, but looking back you're my favourite crafter of 2010. So much awesome and varied stuff you did, too cool. I'm looking forward to more Myrtle and Eunice aceness next year :)Happy New Year!

Isn't it amazing how the craft that you were working on at the time brings back the memory of the moment or the event where it happened?I hope you have a super wonderful 2011 filled with toilet paper roll creations!

Enjoy your new year Tania girl, i think as we get older there is more to mix up, with parents getting older, children growing up, more crafty options . . . so Happy New Year & here's to more crafty goodness in 2011. Love Posie

damn those adult shoes, i've had to wear them too much this year, pinchy and uncomfortable and just plain not nice. happy 2011 to you, looking forward to seeing what crafty mischief you get up to this year. x

Ahem... nice to see the return of Angus from Northcote and his wise words of wisdom.

I think I realised reading this post that at the end of the year I am looking forward with excitement rather than looking back at what was, which describes so much about me.... suffice to say I did my round up like this a week or so ago- because the year was already over for me. I like New Years, the newness of it, the freshness of beginnings and all those opportunities waiting to be grabbed enthusiastically. Wishing you a fantastical 2011, full of great stuff. xx

Row after row of amazing creations ..... what a year you've had , and I'm expecting great things of 2011! Meanwhile , we wish each and every Myrtle & Eunice a very happy , healthy and fun-filled New Year!

Man my M&E radar is way off. Not one but THREE posts since the promised bloggy break and I missed 'em all with not even the slightest feeling in me waters! And then as if that weren't bad enough I was vaguely considering doing a little mosaic of my own crafty therapy from 2010 but seeing your not one but FIVE mosaics of awesomeness ... well I may just need to reconsider! Seriously though, thanks for another year of all out belly laughs, drool-worthy photographs and crafty inspiration. And now don't you dare go on any sort of extended leave just as I'm considering a comeback!!

It has been such a joy to visit Myrtle and Eunice during 2010 - so much creative fun going on here. I love your entertaining style and look forward to seeing what you get up to 2011! Enjoy your summer break with the kids.

that made me happy an inspired. happy 1/11/11 tomorrow, among all the other days of this new year too, of course!!!! your embroidery craft work is my favorite i think. the craft heart and the fly, even though it gives me the willies. that is probably why i love it. so funny and good and black. oh, and the chicken. yes. i am definitely into the embroidery the most. but i love it all, with the bits of red are so good about keeping in the mix.

but really, i came here today to check where you lived in Australia. i don't know what to say about the flooding and devastation. i hope it eases soon and i hope that people can help take care of each other.

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Mother of three, wife to one, designer and craftster of the slightly obsessive kind. Myrtle and Eunice were two lovely old ladies who connected weekly over the Scrabble tiles. These Saturday battles of will and skill were a ritual as comfy as a hot Milo and handknitted blanket on a frosty day.